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furbisher|ˈfɜːbɪʃə(r)|
[f. furbish v. + -er1. Cf. F. fourbisseur.]
One who furbishes.
c1440Promp. Parv. 470/1 Foorbyschowre, eruginator. c1483Caxton Vocab. 16 Denis the fourbysshour Hath of me a swerd. 1594Mirr. Policy (1599) 257 The which Armourers, Fourbushers, Cutlers, and such like doe furnish. 1653Urquhart Rabelais ii. xxx. 199 Ogier the Dane was a Furbisher of armour. 1766Entick London IV. 344 Wherein are..employed about 14 furbishers, in cleaning, repairing, and new-placing the arms. 1840P. Hawker Diary (1893) II. 172 About getting Long the appointment of furbisher at the Tower. 1881J. Evans Anc. Bronze Implem. 5 A furbisher of every cutting instrument in those metals.
fig.1617J. Moore Mappe Mans Mortal. ii. v. 126 As furbushers, to varnish vs from the rust and canker of our corruption. |